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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 181 to 200 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 6 •7 •8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 Next Page•Last Page... the answer goes this way: The question is, in the most ambiguous manner possible, Mr Richardson concedes that at some or other level he had a co-operation arrangement with Mr Pretorius. He denies that it was the full extent of an informer. That leads us to ask the question, is it not ... MS KHAMPEPE: You will remember, Mr Lourens, that the reason advanced by Mr Maxam for participating in this operation to steal firearms was to make sure that the operation succeeded and that the other people did not bungle, because he was the leader and he had no confidence in whether they would be ... The incidents in question occurred during the period 1984 - 1986 at Johannesburg. The target of the operation was a former journalist who subsequently held a senior position within the South African Council of Churches. Applicant furnished the following particulars in regard to the ... about my unit's activities. I confirm what he has said in his evidence in chief where he relates to me. I wish to point out that since this was my operation I made a final decision about the operation. Since I was commanding the operation, Mr Sipho Mthembu was to act on my orders. I, in line ... ... He and Joe Mamasela, a former member of MK who was turned an askari, worked very closely with Hechter and were involved in many illegal operations. The three (3) of them worked together as a team. What would happen was, Hechter would receive an order from Cronje and he would ... DR ALLY: Because, Mama, you may know that in the same period, 1985, June, July, that there was actually an operation, it was called Operation Zero Zero, which the Security Police were responsible for. What it involved was giving to young Comrades, grenades that people pretended to be from the ... During August 1988 explosives were put in the basement of Khotso House and the building was badly damaged in the ensuing explosion. A night watchman was injured but fortunately nobody was killed. All the applicants played a part, as envisaged above, in the carrying out of the operation. Both applicants acted during the operation under the borders of Cronje. They didn't partake in the operation except in so far as they accompanied Cronje and identified the spots where the operation would be carried out. They however associated themselves therewith. Dr Copperwitz, his treatment is not less than R300-00 every month. I was supposed to go to Cape Town to undergo an operation but they told me that I had to pay R60 000-00. MS MAYA: A heart operation? ... Whatever weapon he needed, I would supply it. The details of the actual attack on the house I do not have, but I know that he was the one in ... In both occasions no force was used and in the first instance, he had been arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle which had been used in an MK operation. In 1990, due to the delay, in processing MK application for indemnity in terms of the former Indemnity Act, 1990, the applicant and other ... regained consciousness after three days and I was in the ICU in Livingstone. I was operated on here on the chest down to my stomach. I also had an operation down on my right-hand side and that is how I used to relieve myself. I had a third operation because they were trying to drain some blood ... ... the fence. The suspects were held at Piet Retief where they were detained in terms of Section 29 of the Internal Security Act. Through their co-operation large caches of arms were retrieved from Dead Letter Boxes. Acts of insurrection which had already been planned by MK were prevented. ... MR BIZOS: The question was: "Was it a contingency plan which could only be put into operation by the decision of the Party"? JUDGE NGOEPE: Sorry, I accept that in terms of your report, I accept that he must have been subjected to some kind of stress, traumatic stress and so on. But I am not sure I understand as to what eventually triggered the disorder. What triggered the disorder into coming into operation? intimidation of Morudu was the main objective, everyone of the Applicants foresaw the possibility that someone might be injured or killed during the operation. As it turned out, the 5th Applicant learnt the day after the operation that indeed a young girl, presumably a niece of Morudu, was killed ... MR BRINK: And apart from the torture of these men you were merely a passive participant, so to speak, in the further conduct of the operation? is coming from. It is not from the people who are seated here, but it is like it is coming from the back rooms. We would really appreciate your co-operation because when we started we said we should make sure that we restore people's dignity ... The detail of the operation was that an explosive device would be placed on a railway line at Mpaka, Swaziland under circumstances which would implicate the ANC in the deed. The idea was not to cause the device to detonate. On the day in question Applicant and a number of his subordinates ... MR KOPEDI: I see you were not involved on the SB, the tenant operation. Is there any other operation you were involved in with this unit that we have not talked about now? |
